Baseball game



Sept. 7, 1948. c. E. SIBERTS 2,448,837

BASEBALL GAME Filed June 27, 1945 1 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 CaTl Edwin, SibertsPatented Sept. 7, 1948 UNIT-ED STATES PATENT OFF! CE.

BASEBALL GAME Carl Edwin Siberts, Jackson, Miss. Application June 27,1945, Serial No. 601,733

The present invention relates to a new and useful improvement in games,and more par ticularly to a game for playing baseball.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a game deviceincluding a playing surface laid out to represent a baseball field andincluding recesses or pocketsin the surface thereof, and in which a ballmay be trapped when struck'by' a batter, the position at which the ballcomes to rest indicating various types of play, such as a put-out, hitor the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel batting deviceby means of which the ball may be projected over the surface of theplaying field.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter of simple and practical construction, which is neat andattractive in appearance, in which the playing of the game may becarried out in a manner to closely simulate the actual playing of thegame of baseball, and in which the device is relatively inexpensive tomanufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which thesame is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a top plan view.

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views taken respectively on the lines 22and 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view illustrating thebatting device.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on a line 55 of Figure4.

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of the pitching device.

Figure 7 is a. sectional view taken substantially on a line 1-1 ofFigure 6.

Figure 8 is a side elevational view of a modified batting device, and

Figure 9 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and first with respect to theform of invention illustrated in Figures 1 to '7 inclusive, the numeral5 designates a game board laid out to represent a 1 baseball diamond andhaving an upstanding wall 6 surrounding its edge portion to keep theball on the playing field.

Adjacent one corner of the game board, the surface is marked torepresent an infield as in- 2 Claims. (01. 27390) 2 dicated at I, andthe outfield'is provided with a plurality of shallow recesses 8 withinwhich the ball maybe trapped, certain ofthe recesses being provided withan upstanding wall 3 extend-'- ing around the recesses to facilitate thetrapping playing field immediately outwardly of the foul line H! isformed with a shallow trough l2 adapt ed to catch foul balls and preventreturnthereof onto the playing field. If desired, the portion of thegame board forming the playing field may be constructed of relativelythin material as indicated at 13 in Figure 3 of the drawings resting ona base l4 with the edges of the playing held at the foul or base linesIn terminating inspaced relation from the upstanding wall 6 to formthetrough l2 and the openings or recesses 8 for trapping the ball may beformed only in the upper layer of material 13 thus to provide a moreeconomical construction of the game board. The base of the game boardmay be reinforced by braces l5.

Extending directly behind the home plate It is a, box-like passage l6adapted for receiving balls passing over the home plate and the wall 6immediately behind the passage 16 is provided with an opening. I!through which the balls pass into a trough l8 secured to the outer sideof the wall 6 and in which the ball-s are collected. g A batting deviceis designated generally at I! and comprises the rod '20 having its endsjournaled in the walls 6 at the corner of the game board adjacent thehome plate H, the center of the rod being formed with a U-shaped crankarm or ofiset 2| extending downwardly from the rod and terminatingimmediately above the home plate H.

The rod 20 is slidable as well as rotatably mounted in the wall 6 andthe ends of the rod project outwardly from the wall to be gripped by thethumb and forefinger of a person to partially rotate the rod 20 wherebyto swing the downwardly extending arm or offset 2| forwardly andrearwardly in a manner to strike a ball passing over the home plate, andthus to propel the ball over the playing field.

A stop bar 22 is supported in the wall 6 in parallel relation behind thebar 20 to limit upwardly swinging movement of the arm 2| and to preventcomplete rotation of the rod 20 so that recesses 8.

a player may attempt to strike only once at a bail passing over the homeplate.

A pitching device designated at 23 comprises a chute supported on theinfield l of the playing field, the chute being in the form of asubstantially triangular shaped block 24 having an inclined upper edgeprovided with a trough '25 down which a ball is adapted to travel in adirection toward the home plate ll. A cover 26 is DOSitiOIiBdiOVl thecentral portion .of the chute to conceal the ball thereon.

Accordingly, in the playing of the game a ball is deposited in thetrough 25 of the pitching device 23 to provide necessary momentum forthe ball to cause it to travel in a direction toward the home plate IIand the batting device IS-is then manipulated by the player to cause the.arm 2| to strike the ball and propel the ball over the playing surfacewhere it is trapped in one ofthe A position at which the ball comes torest indicates the completion of the play and the results attained bythe batter.

Should the ball be struck at. and missed by the batter the ball willthen travel through the box-- like passage l6 and opening I! intothecollection the yoke havingarod 30 rotatably and slidably a mountedtherein, one end of the rod being formed with a finger gripping eye 3|,while the other end of the rod is bent angularly to form a downwardlyextending .batting arm 32 adapted for positioning over the home plate asindicated in Figure 9 of the drawingsand swingable in a manner to strikethe ball passing overthe home plate. By rotating the yoke 21 on the pin28 through the medium of the rod 30', said rod may be'rotated about avertical axis and then rotated about its horizontal axis to facilitatestriking a ball.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of theconstruction, operation and advantages of the device will be quiteapparent to those skilled in the art. A more detailed description isaccordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. Apparatus for playing baseball comprising a game board having a homeplate corner, and upstanding sidewalls diverging from said corner, ahome plate at said corner, and an oscillating batting device comprisinga rod extending across said plate diagonally of said corner and Wallsand with ends journalled in said walls for oscillation of the device inbatting, said rod having a ball batting crank thereon oscillated therebyand being slidable in said walls endwise to variably position said crankrelative to said plate in batting the ball, and means in the rear ofsaid rod for limiting oscillation of said crank to prevent misoperationof said batting device.

2. Apparatus for playing baseball comprising a game board having a homeplate corner, and upstanding side walls diverging from said corner, ahome plate at said corner, an oscillating batting device comprising arod extending across said plate diagonally of said corner and walls andwith ends journalled in said walls for oscillation of the device inbatting, said rod having a ball batting crank thereon oscillated therebyand being slidable in said walls endwise to variably position.

said crank relative to said platein batting the ball, and a second rodextending between said Walls for engagement by said crank to limitoscillation thereof and prevent mis-operation of said device.

CARL EDWIN SIBERTS.

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